Hi,
I started collecting Pokemon cards two years ago. I am a casual collector and don’t want to spend more than $50 US on a single Pokemon card. I am thinking about submitting my cards to Beckett for grading. I like Beckett more than PSA because of the subgrades. I have a question about card pricing.
(ex) If you had a raw card worth $100 US and sent it to Beckett, how much would it be worth for the grades below?
(1) BGS 9
(2) BGS 9.5
(3) BGS 10
I would appreciate your answers. Thanks.
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Hi, welcome!
Pricing doesn’t generally work in the rigid way you suggest. Without knowing what card(s) you’re talking about it’s difficult for us to help.
The best thing you can do is to search eBay for current and sold listings of BGS 9 / 9.5 / 10’s that match the cards you want to send in for grading. That way you’ll build up knowledge of the price ranges of your cards.
Thank you for your feedback. There is no specific card I have in mind. I will go through the sold listings on ebay.
Impossible question because the cost of the raw card depends on the condition as well.
You cant predict what a 100 usd cards would be worth in that grade, it depends entirely of the card mentioned, good luck on your collection!
I’d use this hierarchy for pricing with regards to your question, as the card quality really can vary greatly with those grades. There’s no set multiplier for value increases.
BGS 10
PSA 10
BGS 9.5
PSA 9
BGS 9. (Generally a trash grade that could be as low as a PSA 6)
Unnecessary.
depends on if it is a good condition, shit rarity or the complete opposite. Without knowing that there is no way to give you advice other than browsing ebay sold listing as suggested above
How do you know the raw card is worth $100? This is an odd question to try and answer to give us a theoretical raw card that we have no idea what it is or what condition it is in and then ask what it would be worth if it were graded. I think what you are essentially asking is if a card is worth $100 as a BGS 10 then what is it worth as a 9.5 or 9? Basically you just want to know about the difference in pricing for different grades. But the problem is there is a ton of variance in this aspect from card to card. Some cards have low demand for a 9 but high demand for a 10. Some 9’s can sell for half of what a 10 is worth, and some are worth less than 1/4th of what a 10 is worth. 9.5 will obviously fall somewhere in-between, but is once again dependent on what card we are talking about. Niche cards and high end cards tend to have more variance of value between grades I guess; (well in the case of niche cards sometimes the 10 steals all the value and there’s very little difference between an 8 or a 9 for instance because nobody wants those) but even then every card is different and people will pay whatever they think they should pay so sometimes prices are established off of a sales history based on whimsical human emotion. I mean there is typically a rhyme or reason you can apply to why a card has more value than another; but these values aren’t always predictable especially in the variance between grades. I think we can get a decent general idea of what the values are for each card, but to establish a set percentage amount for each grade is just not going to happen. Some cards are more vintage and some are more modern; some cards are more niche and some are more established; some cards have more eye appeal; idk there’s a ton of variance in the hobby from card to card so obviously the values of their 9’s and 10’s and even 9.5’s are going to have different percentages respective to each other. TL;DR - the pokemon market is dynamic AF, check pokemonprice.com and ebay sold listings; hopefully there is plenty of data on that particular card.
I am not talking about a specific raw card in my collection. I just chose “$100” as an example.
pizzachu, your detailed explanation is very clear and helpful. I now know that there is no easy way to determine the value of any card. Pricing is much more complicated than I thought.
I have another question that has nothing to do with pricing.
For example, 2019 Japanese Pokemon Champions League and English Hidden Fates holo Charizard are both available on ebay. What is the lowest Beckett grade of these cards collectors are looking for?
Sure, I won’t post anymore. I guess I am not welcome. I will quit.
There’s no formula that $100 raw card is = $x bsg 9 and $x bgs 9.5
It really depends on the card, sub grade etc.
Why does it matter what a “100.00” Card would bring graded when your not going to spend more than “50.00”?
Just buy a BGS graded card you like that meets your $50 budget
PSA1. If you auction it starting at $1 someone will buy it, probably not for very much though. The price goes up the higher the grade…These are some odd questions I gotta tell you. Just buy what you enjoy and try not to pay much more than what the last person did.